"There's a possibility each and every weekend that something can happen like what happened with Davey Camlin and Kevin Atherton, Brett Landes, and Johnny Murphree. We know in the back of our minds that it could have been us and it could happen at anytime. It was a tough weekend for all of us riders to deal with. That's why things turned out the way they did as far as how the race was run. There were a lot of racers, myself included, whose heads weren't really in the right place when it came time for them to want us go race. I think the riders stood their ground hard enough to be able to say, 'Hey we want to honor Davey, but we're not in shape to race.' I think that's why we ended up doing what we did. We were pretty adamant about it. Nobody's heads were in the right place, and our hearts were elsewhere. It was probably the safest thing from that point, for that particular day, to do what we did, to do a lap in honor of Davey and then a ten-lap exhibition to help please the fans.

"I feel for Camlin's family, especially Missy. That's got to be a tough thing. I know my wife Pam was pretty upset. I know the thoughts were going through her mind that it could have been her husband. It was tough on a lot of people, certainly no tougher than it was on the Camlin family. All our thoughts and prayers go out to them."

With heavy hearts, the riders travel to the high-banks of Eldora to compete at the 100mph half-mile in the Ohio countryside.